Voxeljet, Friedberg, Germany, announced an agreement to form a joint venture with Suzhou Meimai Fast Manufacturing Technology Co., Ltd. to pursue opportunities in the industrial 3D printing market in China. The joint venture will be called Voxeljet China Ltd. and will be controlled at the German headquarters.
The new managing director is Tianshi Jin, and he brings more than 15 years of 3D printing and rapid casting experience and an understanding of the Chinese market to the company. voxeljet China Ltd. will be headquartered in Suzhou, near Shanghai, and is expected to begin providing on-demand part services from a temporary facility in the second quarter of 2016.
And in December 2015, the German company established voxeljet India Pvt. Ltd. The new subsidiary is located in Pune, a large automotive and manufacturing center near Mumbai.
Nidhi Shah will serve as the new managing director of voxeljet India.